There seems to be a lot of route planners for bicycle routes. So far I have found that this is superior. Easy to work with interface and a topological chart feature which gives you an easy way to see where the hills is going to be.

TED is a yearly conference, where people exchange ideas. Hmm that sounds so boring, and yet its not. People at the forefront in different research areas tell about their research and projects. Well you and I will probably never attend, but the great part is that the talks are online.

They are all about 20 minutes, so its just a quick introduction to the subject.

A BBC lecture series with Ramachandran peeked my interest in brains, and this talk is a nice summary of some of the more peculiar innerworkings of our brains. Which indeed is more weird than we imagine.

Dan Dennet is a philosopher and here he talks about religion from a evolutionary perspective. If you are an atheist, this is great stuff as it really gives a good explanation about religion. He also has a great talk about “our consciousness“

Some interesting facts about happiness and the way it works vs the way we perceive it.

Well this was just a small selection, mostly from the brain/psychology areas. But there are many others in technology, innovation, art, politics etc. From people like Malcom Gladwell, Al Gore, Jeff Han, Richard Dawkins, Nicholas Negroponte, Jane Goodall and a lot of other known and unknown smart people.

Thay have a nice collection of different, and perhaps a little geeky toys. But the best part is there are several articles and videos documenting the toys, not only for the stuff they have in there shop but also from Tim’s huge collection of toys. I don’t know who Tim is, but he does a very nice and distinctly British job of presenting those nifty gadgets, and i am left thinking that it would be a great joy to be his grandchild.